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Database Design & Data Architecture
A schema is a decision that's expensive to reverse once real data and real traffic depend on it. Database design here starts with integrity and performance, not just getting a first version working.
Discuss your projectWhat this includes
- Relational schema design built for data integrity from the outset
- Performance tuning — indexing, query optimization, and MySQL tuning that holds up once real traffic arrives
- Data centralization — bringing documents, files, and records scattered across multiple systems into one organized structure
- Migration planning for moving off a legacy or outgrown database design
- Backup and recovery strategy built in from the start, not bolted on after an incident
This work has included the databases behind corporate intranets running 40–50 mission-critical internal applications for hundreds of users, payroll and financial-reporting systems, and large-scale WooCommerce and WordPress storefronts with full catalog management. In every case the database is treated as the part of the system least forgiving of a bad early decision.
MySQL and relational database design are the core of this, paired with the same server-hardening and backup discipline covered under Security & Privacy-First Engineering — a database is only as trustworthy as the infrastructure holding it.
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Software Architecture & Systems Design
The structural decisions that determine whether a system scales cleanly or collapses under its own weight — bespoke architecture and custom programming tailored to your specifications.
Infrastructure & Networking
6+ years administering production Linux (Debian/Ubuntu) environments — multi-tier Live/Test/Dev pipelines over OpenVPN, performance upgrades (an SSD migration once cut heavy report runtimes by an hour), servers, workstations, firewalls and network security for organizations of any size.
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